Exercise

Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many and what percentage of people aged 16 years and over  (a) from black and ethnic minority groups,  (b) with a limiting disability,  (c) from lower socio-economic groups,  (d) who were female and  (e) from the total population, (i) did and (ii) did not visit at least one designated historic environment site in each of the last three years, broken down by region; and what assessment he has made of his Department's progress towards its Public Service Agreement targets in this area.

Barbara Follett: holding answer 18 December 2008
	The "Taking Part" survey is a continuous household survey providing national data on participation in culture, leisure and sport by adults aged 16 and over.
	Tables 1 to 4, as follows, show the number and percentage of adults who attended at least one designated historic environment site during the past 12 months. The data relate to the four sub-groups of the population referred to in the question, by region, for each of the last three years. Data are also provided for the total population in Table 5. The percentage of adults who did not attend can be deduced from the data given.
	Due to small sample sizes, differences between regions or years may not be statistically significant.
	
		
			  Table 1: Attendance at historic environment sites by adults from black and minority ethnic groups 
			   2005-06  2006-07  2007-08 
			   Percentage  Thousand  Percentage  Thousand  Percentage  Thousand 
			 North East 50 20 79 25 65 33 
			 North West 47 143 55 176 53 179 
			 Yorkshire and the Humber 47 132 51 117 58 138 
			 East Midlands 55 137 47 119 53 130 
			 West Midlands 40 211 44 225 49 225 
			 East of England 63 145 55 108 66 180 
			 London 48 847 43 842 50 985 
			 South East 66 285 67 236 64 261 
			 South West 70 64 61 51 71 76 
			 England 51 5,089 48 1,899 54 2,207 
			 Note:  The survey's sample of black and minority ethnic people in the north east is too small to provide robust data. 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 2: Attendance at historic environment sites by adults with a limiting disability 
			   2005-06  2006-07  2007-08 
			   Percentage  Thousand  Percentage  Thousand  Percentage  Thousand 
			 North East 60 306 61 302 60 305 
			 North West 56 748 57 789 61 768 
			 Yorkshire and the Humber 55 498 62 576 62 578 
			 East Midlands 64 502 65 523 66 565 
			 West Midlands 54 534 56 550 55 502 
			 East of England 62 547 64 570 63 594 
			 London 52 502 49 461 49 413 
			 South East 68 842 67 798 68 861 
			 South West 65 610 62 540 61 523 
			 England 59 1,982 60 5,109 61 5,110 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 3: Attendance at historic environment sites by adults from lower socio-economic groups 
			   2005-06  2006-07  2007-08 
			   Percentage  Thousand  Percentage  Thousand  Percentage  Thousand 
			 North East 58 553 59 566 59 623 
			 North West 55 1,285 56 1,327 59 1,407 
			 Yorkshire and the Humber 56 1,027 59 1,092 62 1,151 
			 East Midlands 62 939 61 911 63 992 
			 West Midlands 52 960 57 1,082 53 1,039 
			 East of England 61 981 63 1,058 63 1,063 
			 London 46 829 41 806 46 883 
			 South East 64 1,417 62 1,284 68 1,546 
			 South West 61 1,008 61 1,009 62 990 
			 England 57 8,998 57 9,135 59 9,694 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 4: Attendance at historic environment sites by women 
			   2005-06  2006-07  2007-08 
			   Percentage  Thousand  Percentage  Thousand  Percentage  Thousand 
			 North East 69 722 72 773 68 759 
			 North West 69 1,937 65 1,838 68 2,003 
			 Yorkshire and the Humber 68 1,436 71 1,510 74 1,569 
			 East Midlands 72 1,236 69 1,177 73 1,392 
			 West Midlands 65 1,375 65 1,439 64 1,467 
			 East of England 72 1,631 72 1,602 73 1,687 
			 London 62 1,836 57 1,705 61 1,863 
			 South East 76 2,551 74 2,442 78 2,663 
			 South West 73 1,579 71 1,489 73 1,584 
			 England 70 14,304 68 13,973 70 14,987 
		
	
	
		
			  Table 5: Attendance at historic environment sites by all adults 
			   2005-06  2006-07  2007-08 
			   Percentage  Thousand  Percentage  Thousand  Percentage  Thousand 
			 North East 69 1,377 71 1,437 69 1,456 
			 North West 68 3,604 67 3,579 70 3,901 
			 Yorkshire and the Humber 68 2,711 72 2,902 73 3,084 
			 East Midlands 72 2,438 71 2,451 75 2,674 
			 West Midlands 66 2,757 67 2,806 65 2,842 
			 East of England 73 3,187 72 3,179 72 3,318 
			 London 64 3,730 59 3,461 63 3,828 
			 South East 76 4,963 75 4,867 78 5,239 
			 South West 73 2,966 72 2,932 74 3,137 
			 England 70 27,731 69 27,613 71 29,479 
		
	
	A final assessment of progress against the Department's SR04 PSA3 target was published on 11 December 2008. Full details can be found at:
	http://www.culture.gov.uk/reference_library/publications/5653.aspx